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Ben Carson: Create transgender bathrooms
CBS News ^

Posted on 11/05/2015 6:13:58 PM PST by springwater13

Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, suggested in an interview Thursday that the U.S. should have bathrooms specifically for people who are transgender.

Carson was responding to questions about a recent ordinance in Houston that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people. Voters rejected the ordinance after an 18-month battle in which opponents argued that allowing transgender men and women to use their preferred public bathrooms would open the door to sexual predators who wanted to enter women's restrooms.

Carson's response: "How about we have a transgender bathroom?"

"It is not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable," he said. "It's one of the things that I don't particularly like about the [LGBT] movement. I think everybody has equal rights, but I'm not sure that anybody should have extra rights--extra rights when it comes to redefining everything for everybody else and imposing your view on everybody else."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; bencarson; carson; election2016; elections; homosexualagenda; houston; transgender
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To: Califreak

Forrest Gump Carson. He has a new name that fits him to a T.


161 posted on 11/05/2015 10:02:04 PM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: Salamander

There you go, being practical again, Sal.


162 posted on 11/05/2015 10:20:06 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: kik5150

Ha....but what about the Hermaphrodites....?


163 posted on 11/05/2015 10:32:48 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I also want a Redheads Only bathroom.

:D


164 posted on 11/05/2015 10:35:35 PM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I honestly have no idea.

I’m not here as often as I used to be, but that is precisely why.


165 posted on 11/05/2015 10:37:04 PM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Salamander

The world is your bathroom. You have the power ;)


166 posted on 11/05/2015 10:38:27 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: CodeToad

Pffft.

They’re all used to him and would only ask for ‘their turn’ to carry him around.

Need something a bit more outrageous than a mere 6 foot Boa, at this point.

:)


167 posted on 11/05/2015 10:39:14 PM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Wrong “plumbing” for that.

LOL


168 posted on 11/05/2015 10:39:59 PM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Salamander

Le’sigh

Did you forget to simply glare at someone? A bathroom will appear shortly. Perhaps in an RV. Perhaps constructed on the spot from the bones of those killed for raw materials.

Fear motivates remember?


169 posted on 11/05/2015 10:42:27 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: bigtoona
How the hell is this guy polling so high????? He just says random dumb $hit!

Carson does verbal diarrhea....

and this guy does visual diarrhea

Contrast with some other candidates:

Hillary does lies

Trump seems to have a photographic memory for numbers

Cruz has audiographic memory

170 posted on 11/05/2015 10:45:07 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I DEMAND 56 bathrooms!

Make that 57...

You forgot the Hermaphrodites.

171 posted on 11/05/2015 10:48:27 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is the most logical solution, even considering the initial construction and maintenance expense. If the courts say we have to tolerate this new phenomenon, or risk getting sued, fined and worse, then let the majority population have some say as to how this can be done.


172 posted on 11/05/2015 11:24:21 PM PST by lee martell
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To: combat_boots

Only because a dude with a giant butterfly net would draw too much attention.

;D


173 posted on 11/05/2015 11:55:40 PM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Hostage
How about having the federal government stay the hell out of dictating bathroom arrangements?

How could anyone possibly build a bathroom without the input of of 535 lawyers in DC?

174 posted on 11/06/2015 2:10:15 AM PST by Darth Reardon (Is it any wonder I'm not the president?)
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To: Nervous Tick

Perhaps cracking open the elite heads in DC one might find an entire bucket load of rocks. Don’t forget these same heads are quite large and capacity is endless!


175 posted on 11/06/2015 2:37:24 AM PST by V K Lee (uTRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Crazieman

The more I get to hear, watch, and hear about Carson the less I like him and think he should never get the nomination.

He quoted a few scriptures and the support went up in Iowa and now he proved in the last debate he has no clue what so ever what he is doing or knows about the economy.


176 posted on 11/06/2015 2:38:02 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now

Scarred our building facade, too. It’s a charming, modest old farmhouse/bungalow probably from the 20’s with a nice, wide staircase leading to the front door. Of course, the ramp couldn’t go on the side of the building. There it is, right in front destroying the entire esthetic. It still burns me up.


177 posted on 11/06/2015 2:44:00 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: manc

I’m with you. He has now sunk to “blithering idiot” status in my book.


178 posted on 11/06/2015 2:45:40 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: FourPeas

Carson is not ready for the big stage. Great to run the HHS , but no way the white house


179 posted on 11/06/2015 2:46:42 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: bigtoona

My question too, who just the hell is supporting this guy.
He proved in the debates he is out of his element.
He says some whacky stuff.
He has never ran anything like Obama.
He has proved with his comments he is far from being a republican let alone a conservative.

So what nuts are supporting this guy?


180 posted on 11/06/2015 2:50:01 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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